On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Bob Van Cleef wrote: > Sun System News: Vol 48 Issue 2: February 11 - February 17 > > Sun Broadens Support for Linux > > http://sun.systemnews.com/system-news/jobdir/submitted/2002.04.all.w2.html#5793 > > Sun is working on a number of fronts to support and further the work > being done in the Open Source community and on the Linux code base > in particular: > > * Sun has released an application development tool, ABIcheck, to the > Open Source community. The tool helps ensure compatibility between > Linux releases.
That's a strange one. We already know what Linux releases run on Sparc hardware that are anything decent - Debian and RedHat. I don't think any of the other releases are fully-committed to Sparc platform support. > * Sun will expand its partnerships with the Linux community to provide > native support of Linux on SPARC systems for both the telecommunications > and embedded markets. > > * Lineo will adapt and support Lineo's Embedix embedded Linux operating > system on UltraSPARCTM processor-based end user-developed custom hardware. > > * Sun will support Linux on its key Sun StorEdgeTM line of storage systems > and software. Good idea - it can become the embedded OS on StorEdge subsystems. An excellent application for a high-quality, bare bones embedded operating system. > * GNOME, the most advanced Linux user environment, will become the > preferred desktop for Solaris OE when GNOME 2.0 begins shipping later this > year. And then all of us with non-current systems will have to make a massive resource investment because GNOME is such an immense resource pig. GNOME should be an option - not the default. Sun should totally dump CDE and support only two GUI options - *real* OpenWindows, and GNOME. Dropping the real X Windows packages will preclude the use of Solaris on any older hardware that will still be supported when Solaris 9 is officially released as a production OS. This means anything like a Sparcstation 5, 10, 20, or Ultra-1 will need maximum RAM and the fastest CPU possible for the platform to get anything decent performance-wise. I really like GNOME's concept, but it's so top-heavy. 8-) Regards, Craig. -- Craig Ian Dewick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). http://lios.apana.org.au/~craig APANA Sydney Regional Co-ordinator. Operator of Jedi (an APANA Sydney POP). Always striving for a secure long-term future in an insecure short-term world Have you exported a crypto system today? Do your bit to undermine the NSA.
